Posted in Menu Plan Monday, Recipes, tagged Menu Plan Monday, Recipes on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Happy New Year!! I hope everyone had a very Merry Christmas. I am so ready to start a new year: new opportunities, fresh perspective, clear line marking the past and the future! 2008 is going to be a good year!
Monday: Swiss Cheese Fondue (our annual New Year’s Eve dinner)
Tuesday: Ham, Black Eyed Peas, Spinach (I simply [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged batch cooking, chili, Recipes, turkey on December 31, 2007 | 2 Comments »
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
1 medium onion, finely diced
1 medium green pepper, finely diced
4 cans of kidney beans
4 cans of tomato sauce
1/4 - 1/3 chili powder
1/3 cups of brown sugar
3 tablespoons paprika
3 tablespoons ground cumin
Directions
Brown the turkey with the onion and green pepper until thoroughly cooked.
Drain the beans and then add to meat mixture.
Add the tomato [...]
Posted in Recipes, tagged cheese, fondue, Recipes on December 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Ingredients:
1 1/2 - 2 cups White Wine
2 teaspoons Garlic, minced
1 - 1 1/2 cups Emmenthaler Swiss Cheese, grated
1 - 1 1/2 cups Gruyere Swiss Cheese, grated
1/2 cups Flour
1 teaspoon Nutmeg, finely ground
Juice of ½ lemon
1 tablespoon Kirshwasser
Assorted breads (rye, sourdough, ), cut in bite size pieces
Apples, cut in bite size pieces
Cauliflower, cut in bite size [...]
Posted in BusyBoy, Family Outings, GigglyGirl, tagged chidren, christmas, family, holidays, parenting, parents on December 28, 2007 | No Comments »
This year BusyBoy and GigglyGirl could truly appreciate and anticipate Christmas! The day after Halloween, they woke up asking “what is next?” After Thanksgiving, they were ready for Christmas and now they are ready for New Year’s. Each day they would ask, is it Christmas today? I would reply “No, it is not Christmas today [...]
Posted in Thursday Thirteen, tagged Children, christmas, family, holidays, parenting, Thursday Thirteen on December 27, 2007 | 4 Comments »
Christmas Eve Services at my father’s church, hearing him preach again on Christmas Eve for the first time in 6 years (he was at a managerial type appointment the previous 6 years and did not have his own church to preach at)
Watching our children sit on Santa’s lap
Having Breakfast with Santa
Mr. Right and I getting a gift [...]
Posted in Menu Plan Monday, Recipes, tagged chicken, food, menu, Menu Plan Monday, menus on December 10, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Monday: Baked Potato Soup, Salad
Tuesday: Apricot-Cranberry Chicken, Green Beans (I never did make this last week)
Wednesday: Roast, carrots, potatoes
Thursday: Chili, Beer Bread
Friday: Spaghetti
Saturday: Leftovers
If you like these you might also like my list of Gingerbread Cakes and Cookies recipes, Our Traditional Christmas Eve Dessert, Sweet Potato recipes, list of Pumpkin Bread recipes, and my other Menu Plan [...]
Posted in Product Reviews, tagged batch cooking tools, FoodSaver, reynolds handi-vac, vacuum sealers on December 10, 2007 | 10 Comments »
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Posted in Product Reviews, tagged babies, baby gym, best gifts for babies toddlers preschoolers, blocks, bouncy seat, building toys, cars, Children, christmas, discovery toys, dolls, exersaucer, fisher price, gifts, infant swing, kitchen toys, little people, melissa and doug, polly pockets, preschoolers, push toys, puzzles, toddlers, toy guidelines, toys, train set, unit blocks, which gifts to buy, which toys to buys on December 9, 2007 | No Comments »
At Christmas time, it is sometimes hard to know which the best toys to purchase for young children are. You want them to have something that they will enjoy playing with and you want it to last longer than a month or two before they lose interest.
With boy/girl twins, Mr. Right and I have had [...]
Posted in BusyBoy, Family Outings, GigglyGirl, tagged , Atlanta, Children, christmas, christmas traditions, Family Outings, Georgia, parenting, Santa on December 8, 2007 | 1 Comment »
We went to have Breakfast with Santa this morning. We had a fabulous time. I am not sure who was more excited the children or me. I was excited because we share this tradition with some dear friends of our who we have not been able to spend time with in the past year. I [...]
Posted in Arts & Crafts Projects, tagged cartoon images, cool stuff, graphics, webtools on December 7, 2007 | 1 Comment »
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